Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26222858-20150917141812/@comment-26222858-20151005162826

LegionZero wrote: So what if that was his first activation? The DT was the same as when he uses Rebellion, which means he was drawing power from it. It's the same reason why DT stays active even during techniques like Sword Pierce or Round Trip.

The door of judgement didn't impale Dante. Alastor impaled him and wanted to "take heart" and possibly possess him. Dante was strong enough to overcome Alastor. The fact that Dante can't DT with Force Edge shows he is incapable in DMC1 and before-hand of DT without an awakened Devil Arm.

Evidenced by Nero, one needs to have ownership of an awakened Devil Arm before they can DT with it.

Almost no matter how you look at it, DT can't be activated without a Devil Arm, not necessarily one in hand, but within the general vicinity and under the users ownership. The Alastor came from the Door of Judgement. *Facepalm*.

His first DT was without Rebellion. He didn't draw power from it, because it obviously wasn't close enough to power him (as it was launched into the air, and ended up landing close to the edge of Temi Ni Gru.)

The Yamato was awakened long before Nero gripped it. Not only that, but Nero wasawakened without the Yamato in hand. Because Nero can't use his own DT, he uses Yamato as a catalyst for his power, which was quite reminiscent of Vergil's own. ;)